GarlicJam wrote:Surprisingly dominant T20 series for Aus. Five wins, no losses and only one win each out of four and five games for England and New Zealand respectively.
Equally surprising is that this (apparently) puts Aus at #1 in the world in this format.
ABC radio saying this morning that they were still second (narrowly) to Pakistan. Even so that's a huge lift (they were seventh) for five matches ! Says something about the relative scarcity of international t20 , I suppose.
Personally I don't really disagree with Bayliss that it might be better to leave this format to the franchise outfits : players are at risk of burnout with all the international fixtures and I'm not sure these random "series" really grab a lot of attention. Have a WC by all means but spare us a plethora of three match t20 add-ons to a tour...
Anyway as to this well done Australia : Warner did a good job leading the troops and a couple of the fringe players put their hands up. Minimal Test player involvement : points to more and more separation of roles which probably isn't such a bad thing ( see second paragraph !)
Hope Warner isn't too knackered to do a job in SA...